BRUNSWICK A 40-year-old Brunswick woman convicted of stealing nearly $60,000 in food stamps and child care reimbursement benefits will serve at least 13 months in Cumberland County Jail and pay restitution for the improperly received benefits. More...

For real budget hawks, the failure of the congressional super committee to reach an agreement on a second round of budget cuts is excellent news. If Congress remains stuck in gridlock, $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts go into effect. More...

To the editor: Medicaid reforms are so necessary in order to bring Maine in line with national averages in granting aid. Maine’s Medicaid program gives benefits to 35 percent more of the state’s population than the national av More...

GRAY — Danielle Marie Lagasse and Christopher Scott Smith, both of Gray, wish to announce their engagement. Lagasse, daughter of Mark and Wendie Lagasse of Glenburn, is a 2006 graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School and a 2010 graduat More...

BOWDOINHAM — Lisa Sharon Bickford and Andrew David Parker, both of Bowdoinham, wish to announce their engagement. Bickford, daughter of Bruce and Margie Bickford of Auburn, and Eileen and Tom Estes of New Gloucester, is a 1998 graduate of More...

BOWDOIN — Russell Bisson of Topsham and Georgia Temple of Bowdoin are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Melinda Bisson, to Scott Vaughan of Scarborough. Vaughan is the son of Eric and Lynne Vaughan of Wells, and forme More...

BRUNSWICK In direct response to a Maine Freedom of Access Act inquiry by The Times Record and another newspaper, the Maine Attorney General’s Office determined that meetings of an advisory group of the Northern New England Passenger Rail More...

RICHMOND Federal and state officials announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $10.8 million in grant funding to help replace the 80-year-old bridge that spans the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden. More...

BATH — The Brunswick Junior High School girls basketball teams took on rival Bath on Monday at Bath Middle School, with the Destroyers coming out on top in both contests. In the opener, the Bath seventh-graders took a hardfought 18-16 dec More...

SEATTLE What impresses Marshawn Lynch isn’t his streak of nine straight games with a touchdown or yet another 100-yard performance. It’s that the Seattle Seahawks’ offensive line hasn’t missed a beat despite seaso More...

It’s time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression. True, it’s not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that’s cold comfort. Unemployment in both America and Europe remains disastrously high. More...

A YOUNGSTER DIVES in the new Pump House Indoor Water Park at the Jay Peak ski resort in Jay, Vt., on Monday. The water park celebrated its grand opening Monday and invited area children to partake. More...

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine businesses are beginning to feel the impact of a health insurance overhaul law the Legislature passed earlier this year, with some companies seeing premium drops while others seeing their rates rise. More...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has delivered a formal request to Iran for the return of a U.S. surveillance drone captured by Iranian armed forces, but said it is not hopeful that Iran will comply. More...